I put it up as a question to not sound like I am one of those assholes who think they know everything. Gold is actually a very popular investment and has actually quadrupled it's value over the last ten years.

im not trying to prove that you are wrong, merely trying to point out that get rich schemes do not exist, stocks that make money ALWAYS have a risk that is proportional to their yield, (whether that risk is transparent or not) and having a solid gold portfolio is incredibly risky, because you arent betting on gold, youre betting against human nature.

gold is a good investment because it is perceived to be a low risk, stable buy. the insane rise in gold prices is an indicator in consumer mistrust in the global investment economy, which is largely unfounded, and once investors realize that gold cannot rise much higher, there will be a gold crash, a few people will become very rich, very fast, and the masses who rushed to gold to save the remains of their investments post-2008 crash will lose every dollar they thought was safe. unfortunately, the people who will lose the most will be the elderly and those without the financial skill to regain said fortunes, since their entire portfolios were in the now realistically valued gold.

but there is no reliable investment. gold was the reliable investment, but in the last 2 bubble bursts it has become one of the most volatile invest options out there. such rapid inflation will be met by an equal deflation. the worst part is that people are unaware of the impending gold collapse because of the stigma attached to gold. any stock that is considered a "safe harbor" investment loses its value as such during a crash because everyone crowds the harbor.

Sorry, I should have wrote more reliable. But unlike with other investment options, the deflation will be slower and therefore investments which can not be put at risk, like a pension fund, place their money in these more secure investment options. They are not as interested in making a profit, as they are in securing their money, especially during recessions. That is why countries that have avoided, or at least partly avoided, the global recession, actually have a negative rate for government bonds. I hope I am using the right terms, since English isn't my first language!

youre doing a great job on your wording. English is tied for my first, so my wording can come out a little strange sometimes. I would argue that most people who invested in gold after 2010, once the markets started picking back up, did so in an attempt to buy high and sell low on gold

I am so ******* ready. Here's my idea of how the show should end, based on Bryan Cranston's acting career.

Walter White goes insane, and starts fighting off the DEA, who he thinks are power rangers, under the aliases of Snizard and Twin Man. What he thinks is his lizard skin as snizard and his ability to disguise himself as Twin Man are actually bulletproof armor and disguises he had stocked up on long ago. Now insane from losing contact with his family, and probably hopped up on his own product, Walter goes on several rampages throughout the city, killing dozens. He gets away several times due to his high intelligence, though he is not aware of it, and is finally taken down by red ranger Hank. As he lays dying in a prison hospital, a death sentence awaiting him if he pulls through, an angel appears, and talks to him. The angel understands that Walt is basically a decent man who was driven insane by his lifestyle and illness, and that he started all of this for the best of reasons, the reason of taking care of his family. He offers him one more chance, a chance to make right with his soul. Walt, crying softly, takes it, and his memories fade as he suddenly begins anew, a bright-eyed 35 year old cubicle worker just expecting his first son, Francis. With his lovely wife Lois, Hal enjoys a life of wholesome family fun, though his temper and propensity for self-destructive behavior from when he was Walt occasionally does leak through.

You say whatever, but according to the DEA and department of justice, you are wrong. I did my research, did you? All schedule 1 drugs carry a maximum sentence of 7 years for possession. this is federal law, aka the only law that would apply across all of America. In certain jurisdictions DMT might be more often punished more than heroin or lsd, but they are the same schedule and have the same legal status, so this would be at the judge and prosecutor's discretion and not a law.

I dont think whatever I want, I am telling you the law and you are ignoring it because some guy at a party once told you DMT is the most illegal drug.

not quite, you're better investing in the finite gold because that means there will always be a demand for what gold does exist. Being able to create meth means that supply can be created to reach demand.

No he is right, investment is done at the likely hood of a product increasing in value, gold has a very reliable inflation more so than stocks which is why a lot of people invested in it. Since meth isnt legal we can't really say what the inflation will be like or if it will even be stable.